And I totally disagree. Anything that can be cut by a 3D pantograph can be cut by CNC. In fact, you'll be hard pressed to even find a pantograph in a modern day tool shop, unless the owner is almost r

If you compare the two, it is obvious that IM screwed up the geometry at the end of the ribs. CNC is only as good as the programming, and the computer visualization of the surface sometimes makes thes

The reason for doing it this way is to avoid having the attachment bolts penetrate the roof sheet. Bolts through the fascia are less likely to leak on the load. This is the same reason why many of the

Clark's model has 7/8 corrugated ends. While it's true that all this style boxcar built for CNR had single sheathed ends, they did receive an order of door and a half automobile cars that were 9'-0" I

That's likely because the ARR didn't interchange with anyone, so no one in the 'lower 48' had any need for information on their car fleet. That changed in 1963 with the introduction of the Hydro Train

What would really be cool is to add the can(s), since we have photographic evidence that on a caboose, they don't need the hose rigged to the box. I wonder how many cans each caboose carried (1?... 2?

Yep. I should have counted the cross bearers... Six on these reefers vs. five for the 36' boxcars. Thanks to all who responded. Dennis Storzek

Interesting car. I'm away from my reference material; could someone check if it is a nominal 36' car, please? I note the underframe, end sills, and striker casting / drawbar carrier are identical to t

I wonder if they are in use? Neither in recently posted photos has the hoses rigged to drip on the journal boxes, leading me to suspect that this is their normal storage location, to be re-positioned

A sure indication that the photo was taken with orthchromatic film, which renders yellows (UTLX cars had yellow lettering) as a dark gray. Dennis Storzek

I don't think so. This is an example of stenciling lettering over ribs and posts, which was almost never done during the steam era, but is quite common today. Note the photo was taken in November of 1

For hanging a water bag to drip on an overheated journal (hotbox) to nurse it along until the car can be set out. The Q was a big proponent of this, even having them over tender trucks. As to the prom

The OP said this is for a running board? Most running boards I can find dimensions for are between 1 and 1.5 inches thick. 1.25" in HO scale is .014, 1/64" is .016, looks like this is the material to

I just looked through my copy of the Soo Line freightcar book, and it reinforced my impression that the proper color for steam era freightcar trucks is GRUNGE COLOR. Plain journal bearings were lubed

Yeah, that's the image you posted a couple days ago, and no, I don't see them either. As dark as the underframe is, I would expect to see the silhouette of the crossbearer cover plate and its rivets w

That appears to be the same underframe as in the photo of 94631 that Aaron posted a couple pages back. Might I suggest that this is also a re-built/re-numbered car? You'll notice that these cars with

Ignoring the 999xx series cars, which all seem to be later rebuilds, It appears the NP worked backward from 94999, so the high numbered cars are the oldest. This seems to be supported by the fact that

Larry, Thanks for injecting some clarity into this discussion. Your refference to the USRA reefer underfranme means it should have crossbearers like this: Crossbearer shown on the left, body bolster o

They are actually not of the same car series, Gene. The drawings show truss rods and NO crossbearers, while the photos show crossbearers and no truss rids. My original question was, "Does the later se

What about the crossbearers? The Accurail UF has the common arrangement where the CB tapers from 7" to 12" and the cover plate goes through a slot in the center sills. The Tichy UF has crossbearers th